LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Rightly So, the 3-1 morning-line favorite, has been scratched from Friday's $1 million Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint at Churchill Downs because of an unspecified soundness issue.
Trainer Tony Dutrow said he "was very disappointed" that Rightly So, owned by Zayat Stables of Ahmed Zayat, was ordered scratched by a team of equine veterinarians that conduct prerace examinations for all Breeders' Cup starters.
OK, we're on a roll here: Our Pick last week, San Antone, was very impressive in his debut, ringing up a shockingly good $17.80 payoff, one of 13 maiden winners on the BreezeFigs cards during the week. But you want to know about the Breeders' Cup, so we are going with a bonus, special expanded edition today: Pix for four Breeders' Cup races featuring current or former BreezeFigs horses and three maiden BreezeFigs races around the country.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Crown of Thorns, a leading contender for Saturday’s $1 million Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile, was scratched from the race on Friday after he developed a recurrence of an old injury to his right knee.
"He had an old knee problem crop up, nothing serious, but he can’t run on it," trainer Richard Mandella said Friday morning. "He’s had his issues through his life; it’s nothing terrible but it’s a problem that cropped up, so we’re out."
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Daily Racing Form's Steven Crist and Mike Watchmaker handicap the eight races on Saturday's Breeders' Cup card at Churchill Downs.
Juvenile Turf
Sprint
LOUISVILLE, Ky.- The following is the final report card for Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup card from observations I have made here at Churchill Downs over the past two weeks.
Juvenile Turf
Master of Hounds: Was not crazy about the way this top European contender got over the turf, both warming up before and during Thursday’s three-furlong blow-out.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The entire cast for the 2010 Breeders’ Cup was on the grounds at Churchill Downs by Thursday morning, with all the preparations over, save for a few last-minute tweaks here and there that included several blowouts both over the main track and turf course.
LOUISVILLE, Ky.- The following is the final report card for Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup card from observations I have made here at Churchill Downs over the past two weeks.
Juvenile Turf
Master of Hounds : Was not crazy about the way this top European contender got over the turf, both warming up before and during Thursday’s three-furlong blow-out.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – There were 172 horses entered in the 14 races in this year’s Breeders’ Cup at Churchill Downs, 94 of them in the eight BC races on Saturday. There are champions competing from the United States, Europe, and Asia. As good as they all are, though, everyone has a back seat to the magnificent mare Zenyatta. She is the one driving this bus.
